recriminalize en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + criminalize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.
2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recriminalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recriminalise | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| recriminalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recriminalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recriminalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
ca recriminalitzar (to make something be a crime) · fr recriminaliser (to make something be a crime) · sv återkriminalisera (to make something be a crime) · es recriminalizar (to make something be a crime)